Mechanisms and review of clinical evidence of variations in relative biological effectiveness in proton therapy

H Paganetti - International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Proton therapy is increasingly being used as a radiation therapy modality. There is
uncertainty about the biological effectiveness of protons relative to photon therapies as it …

Particle radiotherapy and molecular therapies: mechanisms and strategies towards clinical applications

A Helm, C Fournier, M Durante - Expert Reviews in Molecular …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Immunotherapy and targeted therapy are now commonly used in clinical trials in
combination with radiotherapy for several cancers. While results are promising and …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes and toxicities of modern combined modality therapy with atezolizumab plus bevacizumab and radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma

GS Manzar, BS De, CO Abana, SS Lee, M Javle… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a leading cause of cancer-related
death worldwide with slow progress in the development of effective therapies. The …

HEDOS—a computational tool to assess radiation dose to circulating blood cells during external beam radiotherapy based on whole-body blood flow simulations

J Shin, S Xing, L McCullum, A Hammi… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We have developed a time-dependent computational framework, hematological dose
(HEDOS), to estimate dose to circulating blood cells from radiation therapy treatment fields …

A dynamic blood flow model to compute absorbed dose to circulating blood and lymphocytes in liver external beam radiotherapy

S Xing, J Shin, J Pursley… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We have developed a novel 4D dynamic liver blood flow model, capable of accurate dose
estimation to circulating blood cells during liver-directed external beam radiotherapy …

[HTML][HTML] Proton and carbon ion radiation therapy decreased severe lymphopenia by reducing thoracic vertebra and aortic doses in non-small cell lung cancer versus …

Y Li, X Fan, Q Yu, H Zhai, M Mo, J Sun, J Mi… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose Lymphopenia is a common adverse effect of radiation therapy (RT). Little is known
about the difference in lymphopenia between intensity modulated (photon) radiation therapy …

Proton radiation boosts the efficacy of mesothelin-targeting chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy in pancreatic cancer

U Amit, U Uslu, II Verginadis, MM Kim… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) represents a challenge in oncology, with limited
treatment options for advanced-stage patients. Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T) …

The next chapter in immunotherapy and radiation combination therapy–cancer-specific perspectives

AJ Wisdom, CA Barker, JY Chang, S Demaria… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Immunotherapeutic agents have revolutionized cancer treatment over the past decade.
However, most patients fail to respond to immunotherapy alone. A growing body of …

Kaplan lecture 2023: lymphopenia in particle therapy

M Durante - International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Lymphopenia is now generally recognized as a negative prognostic factor in
radiotherapy. Already at the beginning of the century we demonstrated that high-energy …

Predictive modeling of survival and toxicity in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma after radiotherapy

I Chamseddine, Y Kim, B De, I El Naqa… - JCO Clinical Cancer …, 2022 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To stratify patients and aid clinical decision making, we developed machine
learning models to predict treatment failure and radiation-induced toxicities after …